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Owney Madden was an infamous New York City gangster. He was feared by rivals and hunted by police. After a prison term he left for Hot Springs and stayed there until his death. This week's archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History help tell the story.

Wayne Miller, executive director of The Venture Center, speaks with Roby Brock about surviving and thriving through the pandemic in this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.

Last week we didn't have time to air our entire conversation with Laird Mackintosh, the actor who is Henry Higgins in the national touring production of My Fair Lady. But we wanted to make sure you heard why he loves singing the songs in the musical, why his resume is unique and how crosswalks can be part of this conversation. My Fair Lady is at Walton Arts Center this week.

John Lomax III will be at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art with Michael Martin Murphey next week to discuss music of the west. His grandfather, father and uncle all spent years recording songs and stories across the United States. We asked him about that family history and more.

On today's show, preparing for a record number of students this fall at the University of Arkansas. Plus, a glamping project near Beaver Lake has some people concerned, a family legacy of documenting American songs and stories, and much more.

An artesian spring in a woodland sanctuary protected by the nonprofit Illinois River Watershed Partnership in Cave Springs illustrates an important lesson on downstream ecology.

Sightings of invasive worm species are on the rise in our region. Experts says the long-term effects are unclear.

After the Russian Federation declared an unprovoked war on the peaceful independent country of Ukraine, Andrew Paul — working in Europe at the time — dropped everything to journey to Kyiv to offer volunteer aid to the Ukraine military.

As the fall semester begins in Arkansas, state and national health professionals are urging parents, students and schools to take precautions to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19.

On today's show, it’s back to school time, and back to school vaccination time. Plus, a decade of NWACC's LIFE Program, a mobster in Hot Springs, and much more.